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We want our freedom now. i don't want to have to go to another memorial. i'm tired of killing, tired of it. you have to stand up. >> the arrests had started before dawn. in all, fbi men picked up 21 men. included in the group were the chief law officers of the county, sheriff lawrence rainy and deputy cecil price. >> they were murdered by ku klux klanmen with conspiratorial help of the local sheriff. >> bond was set. but less than a week later the accused were set free, their

>> most of the pickets and the marchers were juveniles instead of the adults seen in previous protests. officers quickly moved in to make the arrests under the direction of commissioner beau conner. police overflowed juvenile hall with the youthful demonstrators. all kinds of vehicles had to be pressed into service to carry the negroes. cars, police paddywagons, later in the day, school buses. the sheriff's department estimated upwards of 400 had been arrested. >> instead of 14 adults, you had 600 teenagers and the next day a thousand and that's when the dogs and the fire hoses came out. >> of...

>> we know they're going to say not guilty. because no one saw them pull the trigger. i'm tired of that. don't bow down anymore. hold your heads up. we want our freedom now. i don't want to have to go to another memorial. i'm tired of -- we've got to stand up. >> the arrests had started before dawn. in all, fbi men picked up 21 men. included in the group were the chief law officers sheriff

But if it means that i will die standing up for the freedom of my people, god has spoken to me. >> king very wisely sees an opportunity to give more exposure to the sieve rights movement and prod the kennedy administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations, only in areas at local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep burning him in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but i'll do trying. >> bill conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hard liners in defensive segregation. he enc...

Marchers were juveniles instead of adults. officers quickly moved in to make arrests under the direction of conner. police overflowed juvenile hall with the youthful demonstrators. all kinds of vehicles in service to house them. the sheriff's department estimated upwards of 400 had been arrested. >> instead of 14 adults, you had 600 teenagers and the next day a thousand and that's when the dogs and hoses came out. >> of course what he was doing what the head of the civil rights movement wanted him to